Melody for a Hustler
1998, French. Directed by Vincent Ravalec.
French novelist Vincent Ravalec made his directorial debut with this French drama about small-time crook Gaston (Yvan Attal) who poses as a millionaire after he picks up hitchhiking 16-year-old Marie-Pierre (Virginie Lanoue). Actually living in a seedy apartment, Gaston deals in stolen goods, but he soon climbs to bigger heists, including car thefts. Concealing his illegal activities, Gaston operates his company, Extramill, out of upscale, posh offices, while he and Marie-Pierre move into a sedate upper-middle-class neighborhood. Life is sweet, but the onset of paranoia, kinky sex activities, and police probes eventually culminate in violence.
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- 1h 44m
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- French
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- Released
- 14 October 1998
- Original title
- Cantique de la racaille
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- Vincent Ravalec
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Melody for a Hustler runs 104 minutes (1h 44m).
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Melody for a Hustler isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 October 1998. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Melody for a Hustler?
Melody for a Hustler (1998) was directed by Vincent Ravalec and stars Yvan Attal, Virginie Lanoué, Yann Collette.